david12
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| Help educate Analogue rookie An interesting question, starting LP collecting from scratch. Most of us at least had something of an initial collection. In my case about 300, now up to 1500 over 4 years. To start with the easy bit(no not that easy), The turntable/tonearm. As ot... | |
| How to match a tube preamp to a solid state amp? May I second Conrad johnson. I have heard the Premier 14 and used the 17 for years. Both absolutely top drawer, detailed, but not fatiguing, great soundstage. I only got rid of it because I downsized to a tube integrated( a 90lb two man lift, did ... | |
| Lavardin IS Reference or IT - anyone heard? I recently bought a 2nd hand but nearly new IT, only, I am afraid, because I could'nt cope with the heat from my 845 SET in the Summer. I was expecting it to be good, but it is quite as good, though different, than the 18watt SET. The latter has m... | |
| 300b vs 845 Regarding the use of 845B's with a Viva amp. The ones I used on my viva Solista glowed a most attractive cherry red colour before they quite rapidly failed. Presumably the voltage on the Viva is a tad too high. | |
| Mini Monitors - Dynaudio and JM Labs Both great speakers, but the Micro Utopias have to have the vote, they are from memory, more expensive, so they should be better. Dynaudio are a funny company, in that some speakers are good, others awful. For example, I liked the 1.3 standmounts ... | |
| Archiv Productions Don't forget Archiv vinyl, I bought a number of items whwn they were issued, which are still favourites, Bach's B Minor mass in particular. | |
| What should be my next phono stage after ear834 If you have settled on tubes, I don't think you will welcome going back to SS, of the ones you list, the WHest seems the best value to me. I agree with Art, the EAR is great value, but can be transformed by modding it. I am in the situation of hav... | |
| Special birthday audio gift to yourself? I read Warrenh's response as "selling my wife for a set of interconnects" It's an interesting thought, but I'm sure mine is worth more than one set of interconnects, at least a whole cable loom. I missed my 50th, d-oh, maybe I should be thinking o... | |
| seperates over integrated. Why? It comes down to both sides being correct. I have no doubt that in the upper reaches of power and performance, separates are unequalled. Whether this is because nowone has tried to produce a "cost no object" integrated, or because the ultimate lim... | |
| Comparing Conrad-Johnson 17LS to 17LS2 Preamplifie I had a series 1 and have listened to a series 2. Both are excellent and whilst I did'nt hear them together, I just don't see there is a great difference. I understood that the LS2 came about because of the need to source new capacitors, the old o... | |
| Best Sounding Tube Integrated Amp I second the Unison Research S4 or 6, beautiful looking and sounding amps. The Unico hybrid is great amp also. Some of the Chinese amp manufacturers are making great sounding tube gear at very low prices, Consonance for example. We really do seem ... | |
| SET for Orchestral , Big Band etc. I use an 845 SET putting out 17 watts into Living Voice Avatars. I like all music, but if anything have gravitated to Opera and large orchestral music with this combo, they sound glorious. If you have tube friendly speakers 94db plus, with no dips... | |
| looking for best speakers to match with small 25w In answer to there being few efficient speakers on the relaxed side of the fence, try the Living Voice Auditorium range range. They are detailed, musical, but certainly relaxed, too much so for many people. They are not immediately striking, but n... | |
| want to try a SET but where to start, I have...... A vote for Viva amps, I use the Solista integrated to great effect onto Living Voice speakers. I had a long chat with Kevin scott who makes LV speakers which run at 94db sensitivity as your Klipsch speakers. I was querying whether the 8 Watt welbo... | |
| Downsized and still happy, can it happen? I started a thread to the effect of advocating integrated amps and was politely slapped down. I ran a CJ Premier 17 , into a Pass labs Aleph 3 with Living Voice Avatars for 2 years and was very happy. Looking for a tube amp to match the CJ, I was ... |